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Patented Au .FETERS, PHOTO-LITHDGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

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Meinhinefoi1 Driving Soie Fastenings. No. 231,149.

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0. R. CHAPLIN.

Machine for DrivingSole Pastenngs. No. 231,149. Patented Aug. 17, 1880.,

N. PETERS. PurmLruoamFniR. WASHINGTON. D. C.

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I 0 R OHAPLIN Machine for Driving Sole Fastenings.

. Patented Aug. 17, 1880.

N.FETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER, wAsNlifGToN, D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ORRIL R. OHAPLIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGNIVIENT, TO FLEXIBLE SHOE FASTENING MACHINE COMPANY.

MACHINE FOR DRIVING SOLE-FASTENINGS.I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,149, dated August 17, 1880.

Application filed June 26, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ORRIL R. CHAPLTN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Machinefor Driving Wire Sole-Fastenings, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, of which- Figure 1 is a side, and Fig. 2 a front elevation, of the upper frame of the machine, with some ofthe parts omitted for greater clearness. Figs. 3 and et are side and front views of the head of the machine detached. Figs. 5, 6, 7, S, 9, and 10 are details. Fig. 11 is a plan of the throat-carrier. Fig. 12 is a detail view of the upper cutter. Fig. 13 is a side view of the feed mechanism and the wire-cutting mechanism, showing also a side view of the throat zo and its carrier. Fig. 14 is a view showing the cutter-lever and its actuating mechanism, in connection with the upper cutter and throatcarrier. Figs. 15 and 16 are details of the ratchet-wheel for driving the feed-shaft.

The frame A is mounted upon a suitable pedestal, (not shown,) such as is in common use in pegging and other sole-fastening machines. This frame carries the main shaft B and the minor shaft O.

On the main shaft B is the cam D, by which the driver-bar F is raised in the usual way. The driver-bar is thrown down by a spring also in the usual way. The driver-barF slides in ways in the head G, which is fast to frame B.

The wire t is'supported on a reel or arm, H, and its end is carried down through the eye a' in arm a2 and between the feed-wheel a and feed-lever al", and also between the clamps a3 a, by which it is held firmly by the stress of 4o the spring a5, fastened to arm a2, so long as the friction-roll on arm a6 is not in contact with the driver-bar F.

It will be seen that the arms a2 a and spring a5 constitute a compound lever and clamp, and 45 that a slide acting on the roll on arm a6 in one direction will turn this compound lever a2 a6 a5 on its fulcrum al, and will also tend to separate clamp a4 on arm as from clamp a3 on arm a2 by tending to turn arm a on its fulcrum a8, 5o and as soon as this compound lever a2 a a5 has (No model.)

been turned far enough on its fulcrum a7 to bring the feed-wheel a9 to bear on the wire between it and thesegmental arm am of the feedlever any further motion of the roll on arm a6 will turn a6 on its fulcrum a8, and thereby re- 55 lease the arm from clamp t3 a4, and leave it ready to be fed by the feed-wheel a9 and arm am of the feed-lever.

The compound lever a2 a a5 is actuated by the driver-bar F, which .is cut away atf, so as 6o to leave the roll on arm a free from the driverbar when the bar descends far enough and during a portion ofthe movement ofthe driverbar. When the roll on arm a6 is free from the driver-bar the wire is firmly clamped between clamps a3 e4 but as soon as the incline at the bottom of f strikes the roll on arm a6 the compound lever az a a5 is turned on its fulcrum al far enough to press feed-roll a9 against feedlever am, and the wire is again clamped be- 7o tween the feed-roll and feed-lever and released from clamp a3 a4.

Feed-lever am a is moved in one direction by the groove-cam am, cut in the surface of the driver-cam D, and in the other direction by spring a, this groove-cam acting on a wrist on arm a of feed-lever al al.

The extent of the return movement of arm al is regulated by the stop-lever al, which can be set to make this return movement more or 8o less, and thereby vary the length of the Wire pegs.

The thumb-screws b b' and slides Vb2 b3 are used to determine the throw of stop-lever an.

Two lengths of fastenings are usually all that is necessary, and the slides b2 b3 are set so that when stop-lever a is in contact with slide b2 the shortest fastenings are cut and driven, and when in contact with b3 the longest. A treadle (not shown) is used in practice 9o for moving stop-lever au.

The wire is fed down under cross-piece g, (a portion of one side of the driver-bar being cut away, as shown in Figs. 3 and f1, to prevent the driver-bar from interfering with the wire and the stationary cutter 61,) through the hole in the stationary cutter c?, and into the hole in the cutter-lever d', these two holes being in line when the wire is fed. After the Wire has entered the hole in cutter-lever d' that cutter roo is moved on its fulcrum d2 to bring the severed wire peg in line with the hole d3 in the upper cutter, d, and also in line with the throat d* and directly under the driver.

The throat di is secured into the throat-carrier d5, and this throat-carrier has a circular recess in it to receive the cutterlever d and its fulcrum d2.

The throatearrier d5, with the cutter-lever d in it, is bolted fast to the under side of head G.

The cutter cl is held firmly in its place by the set-screw d6.

The cutter-lever d' is moved by the groovecam 7L by means ofthe connecting-lever 7L',

whose fulcrum 71.2 is in the link h3, which is fast to frame A, as is clearly shown in Figs. 13 and 14. This cam h is fast to shaft C, which is revolved by bevel-gearin g connecting it with shaft B.

The shoe-feed shown in the drawings is a roughened wheel, j, mounted on shaftj, whose bearings are in frame A and in bracket B', bolted to frame A. This shaft j is revolved by the ratchet-wheel j?. fast to it, and this Wheel 72 is moved by the tooth jg, fast to shaft C.

The teeth on wheel j are of peculiar form, which is clearly shown in Figs. l5 and 16.

The length of feed is varied by shifting wheel y? on its shaft, so that tooth j3 will take later and leave sooner, thereby making a shorter feed, the greatest feed being when wheelj2 is as near shaft G as it can go. The edge-guide is marked k.

The face lis held at the bottom by a dovetail, and at the top by a screw or button, so that it is easily detached to get at the wirefeed mechanism.

M is a brake-shoe to prevent the shaft B from revolving in the wrong direction, and by means of this brake the machine can be stopped at any part of its revolution. rlhis brake-shoe hangs from its pin m and rests upon the periphery of wheel m. Its actingsurface is roughened at the biting-point. lf the machine were stopped with the driver not quite up to its full height, the spring of the driver-bar would force the driver-cam backward were it not for the brake-shoe M and its wheel m. 'l

The driver-spring N is mounted upon frame A by means of pin u', which passes through a hole in the spring N, and the spring Nis so shaped that only a small portion of it is in contact with frame A, that portion being close to pin a', and the hole in spring N through which pin u passes is considerably larger than the pin n', so that the spring N can be rocked on frame A when screw a is not in place, the ofliee of pin n being simply to hold spring N from motion sidewise. This pin a does not prevent the rocking motion of spring N. hen the spring N is on the frame A, with pin a passing through spring N, it will be seen that a rocking motion, which moves the butt-end of spring N, though a very few degrees, will give a very much greater motion to the smaller end of spring N, and that a small motion of screw n in or out will greatly increase or diminish the effective force of spring N on the driver-bar. Moreover, the whole of spring N from end to end is effective when arranged to rock on frame A, as shown. while in all other machines of this class the larger end of the driver-sprin g was used only as a means of connecting it with the frame, the surface-contact between the frame and spring being considerable, and no provision being made for rocking the spring' on its frame, which is the distinguishing characteristic of this part of my invention. A spring arranged in this way will operate in a substantially different manner from springs as commonly used heretofore in this class of machines, where the butt of the spring for nearly one-quarter of the whole length of the spring was held down against the fra-me, for the ascent of the driver-bar will cause the butt of spring N to press upward against the headof screw u, and will also cause the under surface of spring N, near pin a', to press down upon the frame, and this pressure downward is wholly new.

rThe operation is as follows: The shoe, prop erlyjacked or supported, is presented under the throat, the point where the first wire peg is to beinserted being directly under thethroat. The belt is then shifted from the loose to the fast pulley, and the driver descends and drives the first fastening. As soon as this driver has left the hole in the cutter-lever r1 that lever is thrownback by its cam h and its hole brought into line with the hole in critter d. The wire is then fed as before described, and as soon as the wire is fed the cutter-lever d is thrown forward by its cam It, bringing its hole and the fastening in it under the driver. The shoe is fed while the driver is rising by the partial revolution of wheel j, caused by the engaging of toothj3 with wheeljz, as before described.

l. VThe mechanism for feeding and holding the wire, consisting of the compound lever c2 e a5, with its clamp ai a4, and feed-wheel a9, in combination with the feed-levcr am a1,sub stantially as described.

2. In combination with the wire-feed mech anism described, the stop-lever au and its adjusting-slides b2 b3,'for regulating the motion of the stop-lever, substantially as described.

3. rlhe wire cutting and carrying mechanism consisting of the stationary' cutter d and cutter-lever d', operated by cam 7L, in combination with the driver and throat, substantially as described.

4. In combination, feed -wheel j, shaft j, ratchet-wheel jz, and revolving tooth js, substantially as described.

5. In combination, throat d", throat-carrier d5, and cutter-lever d', the throat-carrier being chambered, as shown, to receive the cutter-lever cl', substantially as described.

b. In combination, stationary cutterd, cutter-lever d', connecting-lever1 h', link h3, and groove-cam h, substantially as described.

7. In a nailing-machine whose driver-bar is IOO IOS

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motion, and the butt of the spring being out of Contact with the frame, ail as set forth.

9. In a nailing-machine, the two shafts B and O, at right angles to each other, one aotu- 15 ating the driver and Wire-feed, the other actuating the cutter, substantially as described.

ORRIL R. GHAPLIN.

Witnesses:

J. E. MAYNADIER, J. R. SNOW. 

